Eagle River - A fire sprung up just off of Highway 17 between Sugar Camp and Eagle River, Friday. The fire started in a pile of logs and stumps in a clearing. The property owner was working in Phelps when the fire started. Firefighters arrived around one-30 and had the flames under control in half an hour.
Jim Bonson, Eagle River Fire Department deputy fire chief, says a back-hoe on the property helped firefighters put out the flames. "Initially we were running around the perimeter making sure it was knocked down," Bonson said. "Fortunately there was an excavator there we utilized to be able to pull the piles apart to help with the extinguishing."No one was hurt by the fire.The owner's sister told Newswatch 12 the pile of logs where it started hadn't been touched since winter.